1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany
Date	(1960-08-03 - 1960-08-14)3–14 August 1960
Velodrome	Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn Chemnitz Velodrome
Events	8
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The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany from 3 to 14 August 1960. ^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Official stamp of the championships

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes   Italy	Oscar Plattner   Switzerland	Jos De Bakker   Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Rudi Altig   West Germany	Willy Trepp   Switzerland	Ercole Baldini   Italy
Men's motor-paced details	Guillermo Timoner Spain	Martin Wierstra   Netherlands	Norbert Koch   Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sante Gaiardoni   Italy	Leo Sterckx   Belgium	David Handley   Great Britain
Men's individual pursuit details	Marcel Delattre   France	Henk Nijdam   Netherlands	Siegfried Köhler   East Germany
Men's motor-paced details	Georg Stoltze   East Germany	Siegfried Wustrow   East Germany	Henk Buis   Netherlands
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva   Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova   Soviet Union	Jean Dunn   Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Beryl Burton   Great Britain	Marie-Thérèse Naessens   Belgium	Lyubov Shogina   Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy  (ITA)	2	0	1	3
2	East Germany  (RDA)	1	1	1	3
	Soviet Union  (URS)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	2	3
5	France  (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Spain  (ESP)	1	0	0	1
	West Germany  (FRG)	1	0	0	1
8	Netherlands  (NED)	0	2	2	4
9	Belgium  (BEL)	0	2	1	3
10	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	2	0	2
Totals (10 entries)		8	8	8	24

See also

• 1960 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893